by Bill Wilson | Oct 29, 2014 | Opinion
One of the pressing concerns of 21st century individual and congregational spiritual life is the question of depth. To be blunt, there isn’t much. Study after study has revealed the sad truth that much of what we call faith and commitment is actually a thin...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Aug 26, 2014 | Opinion
My mind has been dragging and my heart has lingered in this week and a half that I’ve been home from my recent trip to Kenya. When the faces of such precious people are fixated in your mind, you just stay put for a while. The joy washes over you and you...
by Joel Snider | Nov 6, 2013 | Opinion
Our church has just entered into its annual stewardship season. I find it impossible to consider my own, personal stewardship without considering my relationship to “stuff.” An honest Christian will have to admit that a major factor in a decision about...
by Michael Cheuk | Sep 5, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., on September 1, 2013. Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 For the past three weeks, I’ve been preaching from the book of Hebrews, a book that was written to a group of first-generation Jesus...
by Chuck Queen | Sep 5, 2013 | Opinion
Reza Aslan’s basic thesis in his book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” is that Jesus was a failed revolutionary who was willing to use violence to overthrow the political and religious order to bring in God’s kingdom. Aslan...
